83:6 It includes 1 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites, 2
83:7 Gebal, 3 Ammon, and Amalek,
Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre. 4
83:8 Even Assyria has allied with them,
lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. 5 (Selah)
1 tn The words “it includes” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 sn The Hagrites are also mentioned in 1 Chr 5:10, 19-20.
3 sn Some identify Gebal with the Phoenician coastal city of Byblos (see Ezek 27:9, where the name is spelled differently), though others locate this site south of the Dead Sea (see BDB 148 s.v. גְּבַל; HALOT 174 s.v. גְּבַל).
4 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
5 tn Heb “they are an arm for the sons of Lot.” The “arm” is here a symbol of military might.
sn The descendants of Lot were the Moabites and Ammonites.